Film Pitch Feedback
At the start of the A2 course we had 6 weeks to come up with a film pitch to tell the class about a film idea that we have come up with. After the 6 weeks we had to come back and pitch our film idea to the class. This allowed me to gain feedback straight away about my film idea and allow me to make any necessary changes.
The Film Pitch
Feedback Received
Here I will be outlining the feedback I got from my class and then I am going to describe in detail what I am going to do to improve it.
Rough Cut Feedback
The feedback we received for our rough cut is, in my opinion, the most important piece of feedback. This is because we are getting assessed on our actual film that we have produced and getting feedback as to what we can do to improve it and make it better. This stage allows me to make any necessary changes to meet the needs of my target audience and make sure that the narrative is clear.
Here is my Rough Cut
I wanted to make sure that I received some good feedback in order to create a film to the best possible standard and ensure that there is as little continuity and little mistakes as possible.
Picture in Picture Feedback
Once I had finished my rough cut the very first audience I presented it to was my media class. Their feedback is very important because they are creating short films themselves so they know the importance of good feedback and have also received feedback on their own products so their feedback for me should be very constructive and very reliable. Also their feedback will be very reliable because they, like myself, are media students so they know the kinds of things they are looking for, they know all of the techniques, they know all of the media terminology which means I get more detailed feedback. Here is the picture in picture feedback that I received from my class.
How the Feedback Impacted on my Final Cut
I wanted to highlight the improvements that we made to our short film as a result of the feedback that we received. Here is our Final Cut and below it will be how we improved this version from our rough cut.
Here is the Improvements that we made as a result of the picture in picture feedback that we received.
Video of what people thought of my Film
Here I am going to embed a video of me interviewing people about my short film Grief;
Film Poster Feedback
After completing the rough cut and improving the final cut of our short films, we then had to start focusing on our very own ancillary tasks. One of the ancillary tasks that we had to create was our film poster. The purpose of a film poster is to attract your target audience to your film as well as giving them information about your film without actually giving too much away about the plot. I gained feedback on my film poster from my class on Padlet.
Padlet Feedback
The feedback I received was on Padlet. This was put on the Mr Hoods media blog so that all of the class could access each others posters and make comments on them to give each other feedback on them. People commented on things that were good about the posters and also commented on things that needed improving.
Improvements made as a result of the Feedback
I have created an emaze showing you a before image of the different elements of the poster, the feedback we received and then an image of the improvements we made as a result of the feedback.
Video of what people thought of my Film Poster
Here I am going to embed a video of me interviewing people about my film poster;
Magazine Review Feedback
After completing the rough cut and improving the final cut of our short films, we then had to start focusing on our very own ancillary tasks. One of the ancillary tasks that we had to create was our Magazine Review. The purpose of a magazine review is to attract your target audience to your film as well as giving them information about your film without actually giving too much away about the plot. I gained feedback on my magazine review from Mr Hood.
Written Feedback
The feedback I received was on a PDF file. This was put on the Mr Hoods media blog so that all of the class could access each others magazine reviews and make comments on them to give each other feedback on them. People commented on things that were good about the magazine reviews and also commented on things that needed improving.
Improvements I made as a result of the Feedback
I have created an emaze showing you a before image of the different elements of the magazine review, the feedback we received and then an image of the improvements we made as a result of the feedback.
Video of what people thought of my Magazine Review
Here I am going to embed a video of me interviewing people about my magazine review;
Conclusion
Throughout this course feedback has been a vital part of the development of my products. Without the feedback my final products would have been no where near the standard that they should be. The feedback has allowed me to recognise my mistakes and take any necessary steps to change and improve them.
